Nottingham Forest supremo Fawaz Al Hasawi has several advisors and has been known to change his mind. That is why Fulham’s Slavisa Jokanovic snubbed him

Warnock thought he had the Forest job and even lined up a player before it fell through. Petrescu was the same only to find Dougie Freedman took the post instead.

It is that level of confusion that is putting off Jokanovic, who has done a decent job at Fulham after taking Watford to promotion. He would need to be convinced Forest are a properly-run club before moving.

Warburton will be more open to taking the risk but even now Forest insiders reveal that Al Hasawi is yet to be fully sure it is the right move.